Marc Joel Atrero

At an exciting time in the evolution of the airline, Barry Mayo, the new General Manager, will be carefully steering Airlink through a massive expansion programme that will see it become Australia’s largest regional carrier. At a time when many airlines are still rationalising services, Airlink has increased its capacity by some 130% since November

More than 18,000 Australian and overseas personnel are engaged in the operational phase of the Australian Defence Force’s multinational and bilateral major joint Defence exercise, Kangaroo 95, over much of northern Australia through July and August. The exercise, which actually started for the ADF on January 15 this year as a staff exercise involving all

The Mooney Aircraft Corporation has a 40 year reputation for producing moderately powered but highly efficient speed machines. While other manufacturers used big, heavy, thirsty engines to go faster, Mooney stuck with fewer horses, relying on sleekness and low frontal area to attain high speeds. But now they have fitted Continental’s big, eight litre, six

New Tusks For The Pig The F-111 Avionics Upgrade Programme Pt I The General Dynamics F-111, affectionately termed the “Pig”, is one of the RAAF’s most important assets. These aircraft are Australia’s strategic deterrent, and are tasked with long range land and maritime strike roles. In the event of hostilities, these aircraft would carry the

The clouds of uncertainty were restricted to the skies above the 41st Paris Salon with the unseasonable weather failing to weaken the undeniable atmosphere of enthusiasm and confidence that appears to have finally returned to the West’s aviation industry. During the life of the nine day event a number of significant orders were announced by

Qantas Float Launched The Qantas share float was formally launched on July 3 amid intensive advertising designed to push the ‘national icon’ aspect of the deal so as to increase its appeal to the so called ‘mums and dads’ investors. Private investors will get first bite of the 750 million shares on offer (75% of